Comment on Musician Who Died in 2021 Resurrected as Clump of Brain Matter, Now Composing New Music
kinsnik@lemmy.world 5 days agoit is important to note that the article says that Alvin eagrly agreed to this experiment, and donated the blood for it. If that is true, then I don’t see any ethical dillemma in here
CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 5 days ago
That is an important point that I missed in what I read of the article before I got grossed out. Thanks. I’m still not sure about this line of research because if (when?) they do make something that achieves a level sentience, consciousness, or even just being able to feel, will it be able to signal to us that it is happy, content, in agony, mental anguish, etc? The thought of being trapped in that situation is terrifying.
kinsnik@lemmy.world 5 days ago
no, for sure there are limits. if you cultivated a whole functional brain, for example, would be dystopic af